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collective nouns

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write suitable collective nouns for the following
a........of furniture
a.........of stamps
an...........of poems
a gam? of whales

what would you expect people to be doing in the groups named below?
a choir
a crew
a party
a mob
an orchestra
a bench
a queue
a troupe

Thank you very much for your info.
 

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set of furniture
collection of stamps
anthology of poems
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I would expect a choir to be singing and a crew to be working. What would you expect a party to be doing?

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Lying????? ;-0
 

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Actually, a party doesn't do anything in particular. It just happens to be a group of people that is doing the same thing. Example:
  • How many are in your party?

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